Chapter 431: Driving a Supercar to Pick Up People? (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

Owner Fang still had a lucky treasure chest, and although he had been having a grand time playing The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3 lately, it was about time to open it and take a look.

Owner Fang chose what could only be described as a beautifully sunny, perfect day.

He washed his hands and then took a sip of cola to celebrate the occasion in advance.

Immediately following that, the treasure chest opened.

"Beep. Obtained: Pegassi Osiris (Infinite)."

"Pfft..." The cola in Owner Fang’s mouth nearly sprayed out. What in the world—a sports car?!

And it was a realistic rendition straight from Grand Theft Auto V.

Many of the car lineups in Grand Theft Auto V were based on models from the world Owner Fang had lived in before his transmigration; for instance, the Pegassi Osiris was a supercar in Grand Theft Auto V designed with the Pagani Huayra and the Ferrari LaFerrari as its blueprints.

If its performance advantages could also be completely replicated, this car in the game could be said to possess extraordinary, ultimate performance, aerodynamic efficiency, and handling.

The level of technology within the world of Grand Theft Auto V was already higher than that of Owner Fang’s previous world, and if this was the system's version, its performance would only be superior.

Had it been before Owner Fang transmigrated, he absolutely would have been overjoyed by such a prize, thinking himself set for life, but now...

He looked out at the quaint, ancient low buildings outside; though the roads were wide and flat, the traffic consisted either of cultivators walking past or demonic beasts and beast-drawn carriages rushing along. He then thought of his own situation here...

Owner Fang scratched his head: "This doesn't seem quite right, does it..."

But then he thought about how, by the time Dungeon Fighter Online came out, these people might still have to witness things like the "Satellite Beam" or the "Gaebolg Punch"...

And looking at the flying dharma boats others used in the sky—those were flying spiritual artifacts, while his was a land-bound spiritual artifact...

Emmmm...

Owner Fang suddenly felt that there didn't seem to be anything wrong with this thing after all?

The Inner Estate of the Taiwang Mansion.

This place was clearly on a completely different tier from the Outer Estate.

Every single person here possessed an individual courtyard of their own, which was not only spacious, but even the various cultivation facilities for alchemy, artifact forging, and spells were all precious, high-grade goods.

In truth, the academy examination of the Haotian Academy was, for ordinary people, merely a threshold to measure whether they could enter the Haotian Academy, and the original intention of the Haotian Academy from the very beginning had been exactly that.

Yet at some point, a shift had gradually taken place; for the geniuses of the younger generation, it was by no means forbidden to treat it as a arena to compete against one another, flaunt their status, or measure their strengths.

Even if it was impossible to reveal all of one's trump cards or fight to the death in this sparring-style academy examination, this method still allowed them to compete and compare themselves before the heroes of the realm.

If one had to pinpoint any benefits, openly humiliating other factions was an unwritten taboo, but beneath the surface, it was hard to say what the situation might be; when a true confrontation came in the future, they would not be caught unprepared. Likewise, witnessing the unique traits of others' magical spells, divine abilities, and Daoist heritages to broaden their horizons was always a good thing.

Of course, this session of the Haotian Academy examination was not merely for these reasons, otherwise it would have been just like previous years.

This session of the examination could be described as exceptionally grand, and the reason for this was because...

First, the Xuanji Jade; Nangong Zhuo had come specifically for the Xuanji Jade. A treasure from the Golden Palace of Creation, even if no one knew its exact efficacy, was enough to make them flock to it like ducks.

As for the second reason...

Inside Jiang Xiaoyue's courtyard.

"Princess Highness, Young Master Xun of the Xun family has sent someone with a modest gift..."

"Why is he sending me things? Am I close with him?" Jiang Xiaoyue was busy playing with her communication jade, watching a penguin icon inside it flashing continuously, her small face completely filled with impatience. "Take it back, take it back!"

"Princess Highness, Young Master Nangong of the Nangong family..."

"Oh, I already said take it back!"

"Princess Highness, Young Master Xu of the Xu family has come to visit and is already waiting outside..."

"...Tell him I'm not in!" She continued playing with her communication jade.

After all, Xiaoyue’s popularity was still incredibly high.

However, the most crucial and most important point remained the Haotian Academy itself; it was rumored that the ultimate winner of this examination could be taken in as the last disciple of the old Principal, Gu Tingyun, and be taught his world-renowned "Dongtian Mirror."

It was rumored that Gu Tingyun had once used this technique to discern the secrets of heaven, calculating several major tribulations for various races; not only that, but even the previous location where the Golden Palace of Creation opened, along with some of the treasures inside, had been calculated with absolute clarity.

Many of the hidden geniuses from various families had clearly come this time for this very purpose.

...

In front of the internet cafe.

When Li Ranruo and the others walked through the door today, they saw Owner Fang messing around with a peculiar sapphire-blue spiritual artifact in front of the main entrance.

With a streamlined chassis, it bore a slight resemblance to a small flying dharma boat, but it was completely enclosed; unlike the spindle or sword shapes common to flying boats, looking at it from the front, it actually looked somewhat like a strange serpent's head, curved on both sides and slightly narrower at the front.

Its entire body was filled with a metallic texture, sharing the same unique style as the square spiritual artifacts (computers) inside the shop.

It gave people the feeling that while the outside of the shop belonged to one world, this spiritual artifact and all the spiritual artifacts inside the shop belonged to another, identical world.

As for the impression it gave, it was akin to... stepping into those ancient secret realms or even the ruins where immortals perished; of course, it wasn't that those ruins shared a similar style with this place, but rather that it similarly made one feel as if it were a completely different art style.

"Guild Leader, what kind of spiritual artifact is this?" Li Ranruo asked curiously. "It doesn't look like a flying boat at all... Can this thing fly too?"

"No, it can't." Owner Fang glanced at the street outside and said, "Isn't the ban on flying quite strict in this city? This thing runs on the ground."

"Runs on the ground...?" Li Wuya looked at this strange spiritual artifact as if looking at a novelty. "If it runs on the ground, wouldn't buying a mount solve the problem? It's cheap, it just takes a bit of time to tame, so why bother making a spiritual artifact?"

For cultivators, it wasn't that they couldn't invent such things, but rather that there was no need; after all, there were plenty of demonic beasts running on the ground, so who would use a spiritual artifact? They lacked the habit entirely.

At this moment, several cultivators passing by also began to point and whisper: "Look at that guy... Is that thing a flying boat?"

"What a joke, how could there be a flying boat like that? It even has wheels installed?"

"Could it be... that it can run in the sky too?"

"I don't know who designed this flying boat to look like this miserable piece of work..."

Owner Fang paid them no heed, simply looking down at his communication jade.

"Hey, Guild Leader, why is your communication jade like this?" Li Ranruo looked over curiously; other people's communication jades were either strip-shaped or circular jade rings, but the one in Fang Qi's hand was a thin jade plate with complex patterns on its flat surface.

When the jade material lit up, a virtual image was displayed upon it, followed by a spiritualized cursor moving across the virtual image.

At this time, Jiang Xiaoyue was also holding an identical communication jade out of sheer boredom, having just stepped out of her own courtyard.

"Young Master Xun is hosting a banquet at the Yuanxian Tower today and has invited quite a few people to tour Yuanyang City as well. Why haven't you replied to him, and... as for the gifts sent by others, even if you don't accept them, you should at least express your gratitude..."

The signature on the communication jade read: Royal Mother.

"What friend? Why should this Princess go just because he invites me? I'm not going today, the boss has a new game out, and this Princess wants to play it first!" She hurriedly spoke into the communication jade, "Boss, when are you coming to pick me up? I don't know the way!"

Owner Fang looked at the message, paused for a moment, and then glanced at the sports car in front of him: "How about I drive over to pick you up?"